Emulators
This page contains RetroArch and Stand Alone emulator options for systems that will run on the RP2.
For the pre-installed emulators on the RP2, it is not recommended to update the apps or cores, as the Retroid developers seem to have chosen these builds because they run well on the device.
The RP2 comes pre-loaded with RetroArch 1.8.4 & 1.5.0 with the following cores:
=RetroArch 1.8.4=
- Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1)
- Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2)
- Arcade (FB Alpha 2012 Neo Geo)
- Arcade (MAME 2000)
- Arcade (MAME 2003)
- Arcade (MAME 2010)
- Arcade (MAME 2015)
- Atari - 2600 (Stella)
- Atari - 5200 (Atari800)
- Atari - Lynx (Handy)
- Bandai - WonderSwan/Color (Beetle Cygne)
- Commodore - Amiga (P-UAE)
- Commodore - C64 (VICE x64, fast)
- DOS (DOSBox - SVN)
- GCE - Vectrex (vecx)
- Microsoft - MSX (fMSX)
- Minecraft - (Craft)
- MSX/SVI/ColecoVision/SG-1000 (blueMSX)
- NEC - PC Engine / CD (Beetle PCE FAST)
- Nintendo - Gameboy / Color (Gambette)
- Nintendo - NES / Famicom (FCEUmm)
- Nintendo - SNES / SFC (Snes9x 2002)
- Quake (TyrQuake)
- Sega - Dreamcast/Naomi (Flycast)
- Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX)
- Sega - MS/GG/SG-1000 (Gearsystem)
- Sega - MS/MD/CD/32X (PicoDrive)
- SNK - Neo Geo CD (NeoCD)
- SNK - Neo Geo Pocket / Color (RACE)
- Sony - PlayStation (PCSX ReARMed)
- The 3DO Company - 3DO (4DO)
- ZX Spectrum (Fuse)
=RetroArch 1.5.0=
- Game Boy Advance (gpSP) This is installed separately because RA 1.5.0 has the best performance for gpSP/GBA
You can download RetroArch 1.9.0 here.
| System | Emulator Options | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MAME Arcade | MAME4droid 0.139u1 | Pre-installed App. Needs the .139 MAME Romset |
| DOS | DOSBox | RetroArch Core |
| Atari 2600 | Stella | RetroArch Core |
| NES | NES.EMU | Paid App |
| Sega Master System | MD.EMU | Paid App |
| Atari Lynx | Handy | Retroarch |
| Sega Genesis | MD.EMU | Paid App |
| TurboGrafx 16 | PCE.EMU | Paid App |
| TurboGrafx CD | Beetle PCE | Retroarch. BIOS Files Needed |
| NeoGeo | NEO.EMU | Paid App |
| Sega Game Gear | Nostalgia GG | App |
| SNES | Snes9x 2002 | Retroarch Core |
| Sega CD | Genesis Plus QX Core | Retroarch |
| Panasonic 3DO | Real3DOPlayer | BIOS Files Needed |
| Nintendo Virtual Boy | Beetle VB | Retroarch Core |
| Sony PS1 | PCSX-R | Retroarch Core |
| Nintendo 64 | Mupen64Plus FZ | Preinstalled App *Users have had success setting resolution to 640x480 without slowdowns on some games *The most recent PlayStore version will not work. This is the latest working version. |
| Nintendo Game Boy Color | My Old Boy! | Paid App |
| NeoGeo Pocket Color | Beetle NeoPop | Retroarch |
| Sega Dreamcast | Flycast | Pre-installed App & available as a Retroarch core. RetroArch 1.9.0 will achieve more optimal Flycast performance. |
| Nintendo Game Boy Advance | My Boy! | Paid App |
| Nintendo DS | DraStic DS | Paid App, *, to set controller settings, go to Settings -> External Controller and choose Select Key Mapping, then choose PlayStation 3. There is a patch for LoZ Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks to allow use of the dpad/analog stick for control as opposed to the default stylus |
| Sony PSP | PPSSPP | Preinstalled App. RP2 cannot handle more demanding games, such as GoW |
| SCUMMVM | SCUMMVM | Preinstalled App, *, Preinstalled App has a known SCUMMVM bug that shows no directories on launch. Fix is to search for a game and place a “/“ in the search box and select “Choose”. This will bring up the directory listing |
(*): The Taki discord (under #retroid_pocket) has pinned .cfg files for DC controller, Mupen64 Plus FX controller + emulation (game settings) and preconfigured DraStic settings with instructions.
Dreamcast Configuration Tips
Configuration for Dreamcast is done through reicast, and then ROMs played in flycast as it has better performance. Download flycast here and open the APK using File Explorer. The latest 6 MB versions are noted to perform better than the 11 MB builds.
Open reicast and click on the DC bios and format memory card 1. For controller settings, set the ports of all to none, and the port for Android Playstation to A. Click Map, and map the buttons to their appropriate locations - you may not need to map all buttons. Click Done, then Done again. You may now close reicast.
Launch flycast, which shares a config with reicast, and load and play your game.
If there are issues with the controller, you may need to modify the .cfg file in flycast. To do this, go into the directory path for flycast and find the folder named mappings. Inside, there should be a file names Android_Playstation3.cfg. Open the file, scroll to the bottom, and erase the line for deadzone value. This should not be needed if reicast 20.02b or newer is installed, or if you have used the .cfg file from the Taki Discord.
Credits to u/beldandy561, u/Captain_Shoe, u/TortugaSs, Ryan86Me, and u/CommieColin
